• Language point: Linking words

Complete the key sentences with the words given below.

when    after    as soon as suddenly while

The rescue happened _____________ we were on holiday.

____________, a huge wave crashed into them.

_____________ a few minutes, we saw the dog again.

________  ____ they saw the dog, they swam out to it.

_____________ they reached the dog, they put it onto a surfboard.

Exercise 1: The words in blue below are used in the reading passage on pages 95–96. Which of these words are antonyms (words with opposite meanings)? Complete the sentences. 

1. Answer: is the opposite of in danger. 

2. Answer: is the opposite of fall. 

3. Answer: is the opposite of warm. 

4. Answer: is the opposite of under 

Exercise 1: The underlined words in blue below are used in the reading passage on pages 66–67. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words.  

direction (noun) the general line that something moves along 

prize (noun) something you receive if you win a competition

shadow (noun) a dark shape made when you block light  

appear (v) to become possible to be seen  

believe (v) to think something is true  

guess (v) to give an answer or opinion without being sure it is correct  

missing (adj) not able to be seen or found  

real (adj) not false or fake  

1.Can you Answer which of these two photos is not real ?  

2.When taking a photo, it’s important to consider the Answer the light is coming from.  

3.Your Answer gets longer in the evening when the sun is low in the sky.  

4.The police officer showed me a photo of a Answer person he was looking for.  

5.The photographer waited for a long time before a shark Answer from below the water.  

6.He told me the photo was real, but I didn’t Answer him.  

7.My friend won a $100 Answer in a photography competition. 

Complete the sentences with the words below.

1 The __________ character is Bilbo Baggins.

2 I couldn't __________ with Bella Swan.

3 It's been __________ into a film called The Golden Compass.

4 It's the __________ of a group of boys who get stranded on a desert island.

5 __________I liked about the book was the way it described teenage alienation and disillusionment.

6 It's __________ on the author's experience of the unjust treatment of African Americans in 1930s America.

7 I found the __________ of Harry, Ron and Hermione rather unconvincing.

5. Complete the sentences with the words below. There is one word that you do not need.

compete   crowd   fan   goal   hand   head  loudly   match   regularly   shoulders   train

1          The _________ always cheer _________ after their team wins the game.

2          In a football game, you can’t score a _________ with your _________!

3          Tennis players usually _________ very hard before a big _________.

4          When cheerleaders _________ in a competition, they sometimes climb onto another cheerleader’s _________!

5          I’m a big _________ of my local football team. I _________ go to all their games.

6. Complete the sentences with the words below.

is   are   any   a   aren’t   isn’t    any  some

1. There _______ five English teachers at our school.

2 _______ there a computer in your classroom?

3. There _______ a DVD player in Room 2. Use Room 5.

4. There _______ any students in the canteen.

5. Are there _______ English books in the library?

6. There’s _______ dictionary on the shelf in the classroom.

7. Are there ___________posters on the wall?

8. There are__________desks in the library.

VOCABULARY Complete the verb + preposition combinations with the words below. Check your answers in the text and in the sentences in exercise 3.

Verb + preposition     about      about      in      up      for      for      to      of

1 work ______ (a business, etc.) (line 10)

2 disapprove ______ (line 20)

3 call ______ something (line 22)

4 give ______ something (line 25)

5 result ______ something (line 26)

6 warn somebody ______ something (sentence C)

7 concern oneself ______ something (sentence E)

8 lead______ something (sentence F)

3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words below (adjective or adverb).

early   easy   fast   careful   fluent   hard   clear   late

1          I feel safe with her in the car! She drives very ____

2          Let's take a taxi! I don't want to be _____.

3          It's a big city, so you can __ ______ get lost.

4          He's got a nice house and a __ _____ car.

5          Tanya speaks ________Spanish.

6          It's always good to arrive ______ for an interview.

7          She works ___ and gets a lot of money.

8          Please speak _ ______, so I can understand you!

4 Complete the sentences with the words below. There are two extra words.

 1 If you go hiking in the countryside, take a __________________ so that you can carry your things in it.

2 Don’t worry about falling off the climbing wall – you’ll be wearing a __________________ .

3 I don’t really like __________________ because it’s dangerous and too noisy!

4 When you go for a long walk, the most important thing is to wear comfortable __________________ .

5 If you go out to sea on a boat, it’s a good idea to wear a __________________ .

6 When I’m walking on rocky ground, my __________________ stop me from falling over.

Complete the sentences with the words below.

1 We saw an amazing collection of Ancient Egyptian jewellery at the __________

2 I enjoy watching acrobats at the __________, but I don't think they should use animals.

3 On Thursday evenings at my local __________, anyonecan have a go at being a comedian.

4 I went to see Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Met, a world- famous __________ in New York.

5 Some of these Impressionist paintings are privately owned and have never been seen in any __________

6 The Globe is a __________ in London where Shakespeare's plays are performed.

7 While we were in Vienna, we went to a __________ to hear a Beethoven piano recital.

8 At the O₂ __________ in London, up to twenty thousand people can watch some of the biggest acts in music.

9 The British __________ holds around 170 million books and other items for students and researchers to access.